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(11) EP 2 666 637 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.08.2014 Bulletin 2014/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.11.2013 Bulletin 2013/48

(21) Application number: 13168754.3

(22) Date of filing: 22.05.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B41J 2/175(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 23.05.2012 JP 2012117059
06.07.2012 JP 2012152295
23.07.2012 JP 2012162701
08.08.2012 JP 2012176179
30.08.2012 JP 2012190568
31.08.2012 JP 2012191629

(71) Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nozawa, Izumi
    Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 (JP)
  • Kobayashi, Atsushi
    Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 (JP)
  • Mizutani, Tadahiro
    Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 (JP)
  • Nakamura, Hiroyuki
    Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 (JP)
  • Takahashi, Ryota
    Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 (JP)

(74) Representative: Miller Sturt Kenyon 
9 John Street
London WC1N 2ES
London WC1N 2ES (GB)

   


(54) Cover and liquid container


(57) A cover is used for a liquid container to be attached to a liquid discharge apparatus. The liquid container includes a first surface having a wall surrounding a communication port and a liquid supply portion which communicates with a liquid accommodation portion and supplies liquid to the liquid discharge apparatus, a second surface which intersects with the first surface, a third surface which intersects with the first surface and is opposed to the second surface and on which an air hole communicating with the communication port and at least one of protrusion and a recess. The protrusion projects in the direction toward the third surface from the second surface. The cover includes a covering portion that covers a liquid supply chamber in a state where the cover is attached to the liquid container, and a first cover portion that is contact with the protrusion in the state where the cover is attached to the liquid container.







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